---
name: "Strategic Betrayal"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PWCS"
set_name: "Planeswalker Championship Promos"
collector_number: "2026-6"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Amayagido"
oracle_id: "0127c13f-7b0f-44c3-8b35-97f306c5f239"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/strategic-betrayal-pwcs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Strategic Betrayal
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent exiles a creature they control and their graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mnemonic Betrayal](/printing/mnemonic-betrayal-grn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Feed the Serpent](/printing/feed-the-serpent-khm.md) — Instant
3. [Dark Betrayal](/printing/dark-betrayal-pio.md) — Instant
4. [Exile into Darkness](/printing/exile-into-darkness-sok.md) — Sorcery
5. [Vessel of Malignity](/printing/vessel-of-malignity-soi.md) — Enchantment
6. [Shadow of the Enemy](/printing/shadow-of-the-enemy-hoc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) #2026-6
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Amayagido
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`